Welcome back, dear reader, and a belated Happy New Year! Are you optimistic about this year? The news is so full of economic doom and gloom these days, I’d understand if you were feeling a bit mis. January was a … Read more
Before you switch off from another doomsaying prophesy, this is actually quite an interesting article from New York Magazine: The book business as we know it will not be living happily ever after. With sales stagnating, CEO heads rolling, big-name … Read more
A quick heads-up for anyone who’s not yet seen Sara Lloyd’s excellent piece for US-based library journal, Library Trends, called A Book Publisher’s Manifesto for the 21st Century, on how traditional publishers need to adapt to the new media economy … Read more
More on business models and the future of publishing this week – this time from Paul Watson of The Lazarus Corporation. I love the strapline on his blog: “all that you think you know is wrong”. Always a good mantra … Read more
You know, for those who want to stick with the old media, the old top-down content distribution models, and cultural gatekeeping duties, the scary thing is: that’s not your decision to make. Publisher, web producer and friend of the show, … Read more
I’m pleased to see that, while I’ve been hard at work flanneuring around the Online Marketing Show (more of which later), the Internet seems to have become the hot topic of the week for publishers, with not one but two … Read more
A reprise of the Stephen Page argument this week, with the publication of Andrew Keen’s book The Cult of the Amateur: How today’s Internet is killing our culture. At the Margaret Atwood Digitise or Die event in April, Stephen Page … Read more
I love MONOCLE magazine. And not just because Tyler Brûlé is at the helm – one publisher against whom the ‘publisher as arbiter of taste’ argument actually stands up. The magazine is well-produced – even a lovely object, with its … Read more
